Nick Lippis, principal of research firm Lippis Enterprises, believes that IBM is partnering with another company for most of its DOVE controller functionality, but he believes that the company should have "a contoller of their own." "It's a very ...

Investor Warren Buffett, the head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., again took second with $46 billion, while Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison remains third with $41 billion and brothers Charles and David Koch, co-owners of Koch Industries Inc., tied ...

Verizon's capital spending, which pays for a range of equipment and infrastructure, is closely watched by suppliers such as Ciena Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Alcatel-Lucent SA and Tellabs Inc. Verizon rose 1.5 percent to $44.89 at the close in New York.

Ethernet switches stay rock-steady: Sales of Ethernet switches passed $5 billion in the second quarter, 9 percent higher than Q1 sales and 13 percent higher than in Q2 2011, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.